ipip 



Why Surrender to Codling Moth? 



Continued from page 5. 



tightly against tiie ground, so that when 

 the moths emerge from their winter 

 cocoons underground at the base of the 

 tree they become trapped. Spray two 

 weeks after the moths begin to emerge. 

 For a given locality this date is al- 

 most fixed by calendar. Year after year 

 at Yakima it has come in the first week 

 in June, irrespective of the earliness or 

 the lateness of the season. It is the 

 date for the calyx spraying that shifts. 

 Apples may blossom two weeks to six 

 weeks before the worms appear. 



b. Do not depend on dates obtained 

 from moths emerging from bands, loose 

 bark, packing boxes or sheds, or from 

 breeding cages kept in unnatural con- 

 ditions. 



c. To date the third spraying, keep 

 some trees banded with strips of burlap 

 tied around the trunks. Watch for 

 worms two to three weeks after the 

 second spraying and date the third 

 application twenty-five days after the 

 first worms are caught. At Yakima this 

 spraying will be given about July 20. 



d. The number of worms trapped by 



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the bands gives an indication of the 

 effectiveness of the spraying for the 

 first brood and of the need for later 

 sprayings. Thinning wormy fruit dur- 

 ing the time of the first brood is of 

 great value in checking the pest and 

 also helps in deciding whether late 

 sprayings are necessary. When the 

 first brood is annihilated late spraying 

 is a needless expense. 



e. The fourth spraying should fol- 

 low four weeks after the third, and, if 

 neces.sary, the fifth four weeks later. 



f. If these applications have been 

 carefully given, no good can come from 

 additional sprayings. It should be re- 

 membered that cover sprayings can 

 never be depended on to give 100 

 per cent returns. At best they are 

 an expensive supplement to the calyx 

 .spraying. 



5. COVER SPRAYINGS SHOULD BE 

 QUICK ACTING. 



a. Use arsenate of lead, one to two 

 pounds of paste, or half as much pow- 

 der, to about forty gallons. Increasing 

 the strength of the spray over this 

 amount will not save more fruit. 



b. Where there is no danger of 

 scorching use arsenite of zinc or arse- 

 nate of calcium for late sprayings of 

 badly-infested orchards. These arsen- 

 icals act more quickly than arsenate of 

 lead and hence tend to minimize stings. 



c. Spray from the ground, best using 

 the spraying-gun with power pump, 

 and do not overdo the application. 

 There is no need of having the trees 

 drip poison onto an alfalfa cover crop 

 to endanger bees and stock. 



If you lost your fruit crop to the 

 worms: (1) Don't blame it onto loo 



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